The European Association for Banking and Financial History (eabh) e.V.
Banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions are members of eabh.
eabh members recognize their responsibility towards society. Only a well functioning financial sector can help to increase the welfare of all.
eabh places current challenges of the financial sector into a historical context. Our historians work on long-term topics that matter to the management of financial institutions and policy makers.
eabh promotes archives. Accurate and accessible records of past activities are the indispensable foundation for a sustainable global financial system.
Snippets of 2014 eabh annual conference ‘Risk Management’, 13 June 2014, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Archival workshop ‘Banks at War. Financial Institutions confronted by the Great War.’, 12 June 2014, Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
eabh circulates sound research and information upon which today’s decision makers can rely.
The legacy of the past continually resurfaces to determine actions in the present and the future. Through eabh membership institutions gain access to a global network of financial history experts who can provide competent advice.
Carmen Hofmann, eabh (ed.)
Carmen Hofmann
Martin Müller (eds.)
Carmen Hofmann
Gabriella Massaglia (eds.)
Vappu Ikonen
Duncan Ross (eds.)
Piet Clement
Harold James
Herman Van der Wee (eds.)
eabh believes that safeguarding the records of financial institutions will improve the protection of global financial stability. Authentic and reliable memory systems are needed to understand current crises and to evaluate risks.
For that reason a project on archival legislation for finance (ALFF) has been started in 2012 with the objective of collecting information about best practices of financial institutions in building and improving their archives.
25 Apr 2017
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
eabh lunch hour eabh in cooperation with Allianz Global Investors This talk will initiate a series of presentations that present analysis of the different episodes of populism in recent history as well as their effect on financial markets and investment returns. Just about three months after Donald Trump took office and with elections in France
Conference
11 May 2017
St. Louis, United States of America
eabh in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The two-day conference is for archivists and economic historians to present their current work in bank archives, including central bank archives, and banking and financial history. Archivists will present innovations in archival work and undiscovered gems in their collections.
The conference will provide both groups the opportunity to learn about the unique materials held in archives, the current state of archival work, and insights into how scholars use these collections.
eabh Annual Meeting
22 Jun 2017
Paris, France
eabh in co-operation with BNP Paribas and Banque Lombard Odier Thursday, 22 June 2017 BNP Paribas, 14 rue Bergère, 75009 Paris (Métro Grand Boulevards – Rue Montmartre) 08.00 – 10.00 Academic Council Meeting – for members of the eabh AC only 10.00 – 16.40 ‘Appraisal in the digital era’ eabh Archival workshop 12.30 – 13.30 Board of Management Meeting – for members of
Archival Workshop
22 Jun 2017
Paris, France
eabh in cooperation with BNP Paribas and Banque Lombard Odier This one-day workshop is designed for archivists, records managers and information professionals of financial and public institutions, as well as researchers and users of digital archival material. The amount of digital records that financial and public organisations produce on a daily basis is monumental. High quality appraisal policies can offer benefits like accessibility,
Conference
23 Jun 2017
Paris, France
eabh in cooperation with BNP Paribas and Banque Lombard Odier.
The haute banque emerged as an elite or sub-category of private banks in France during the Restauration. These institutions were well respected and dealt with major international businesses which also had business with the State until they vanished after World War II.
Interestingly, many of the former haute banque houses came back on the scene again at the beginning of the 21st century. How did this happen? And why?
Conference
9 Oct 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
eabh in cooperation with Banco do Portugal and Banque de France.
The purpose of this conference is to explore the history of the monetary and financial processes of decolonization. The objective is to shed light on the different historical cross-experiences.
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